Diễn Văn viết và đọc bởi Venturer 179 Huân Huỳnh trong lễ Giổ Tổ Hùng Vương 2007.

Kinh thua qui vi quan khach, kinh thua cac bac phu huynh, cac huynh truong cung doan the cac anh chi em huong dao sinh than men.

Hang nam cu den ngay mong muoi thang ba am lich, tat ca moi nguoi Viet chung ta trong nuoc cung nhu o hai ngoai deu to chuc Le Gio To Hung Vuong de tuong nho cong lao dung nuoc va giu nuoc cua 18 doi vua Hung dong thoi cung de noi len niem tu hao ve nguon goc con Rong chau Tien cua nguoi Viet.

Trong tinh than ay, hom nay Lien Doan Bach Viet duoc tham du buoi le tuong niem cac vua Hung. Em xin thay mat cac huong dao sinh dung len phat bieu doi dong ve nguon goc Viet Nam.

Theo truyen thuyet, khai mo ho Hong Bang la Kinh Duong Vuong Loc Tuc, con trai cua vua De Minh, lam vua nuoc Xich Quy( vao khoang nam 2879 truoc Tay lich) lay nguoi con gai cua Dong Dinh Quan la Long Nu, sinh ra Lac Long Quan Sung Lam.

Lac Long Quan lay nang Au Co, sinh ra mot lan duoc 100 nguoi con trai. Au Co la giong tien nen dem 50 con len nui. Lac Long Quan la giong rong nen da dem 50 con xuong bien Nam Hai roi phong cho nguoi con truong lam vua, lay ten nuoc la Van Lang, xung la Hung Vuong, tuc Quoc To cua dan toc Viet Nam ngay nay. Ho Hong Bang lam vua duoc 18 doi, dong do o Phong Chau nay thuoc dia phan huyen Bach Hac, tinh Vinh Yen, Bac Viet duoc coi la noi xuat phat dau tien cua nhung sac dan da kien tao ra nguoi Viet Nam.

Den tho Quoc To Hung Vuong duoc xay o phu Lam Thao, tinh Phu Tho, Bac Viet tu doi vua Thuc. Hang nam dan chung dia Phuong deu no nuc di tray hoi den Hung rat dong duc.

De nhac nho con dan Viet Nam nho den nguon coi cua minh, Viet Nam ta co cau “Du ai di nguoc ve xuoi. Nho ngay gio to mong muoi thang ba”. Du hien nay chung ta dang song o xu nguoi, nhung chung ta van khong quen nguon coi cua minh va nen song HUONG THIEN de luon hanh dien minh la nguoi VIET NAM.

Tran trong kinh chao.

LỄ GIỔ TỔ HÙNG VƯƠNG (Apr 29, 2007) - Photojournalism by Tina Le (photo), Andrew & Alex Hoang (text)

Today is the anniversary of the founding father of Vietnam, Hung Vuong. He was said to be the oldest child of 100 children of the Dragon and the Fairy, which is related to our Boy Scout troop name, Bach Viet, and the Hung Vuong Martial Arts Group.

A mural painted by the seniors of Andrew Hill High School, honoring the class of 2007. In the center of the picture are the flags of America, Vietnam, and Vietnamese Scouts.

Here is one venturing scout and three girl scouts. They are practicing a traditional Vietnamese song.
Venturers Dillion, Zandra, Tinh, Johnee, Thy, and Vu are helping to hold up traditional Vietnamese umbrellas for a march that is soon to begin.Vu is getting a little too excited about the upcoming march.
Presenting the Hung Vuong Martial Arts Group, decorated with authentic Vietnamese warrior uniforms from 1000 B.C.
This is the ceremonial march towards the auditorium where the celebration took place.

Gravity works hard on drum's carriers (Tr. Huy, Alex)

Anybody knows what's the difference between red and blue Vietnamese traditional uniform ao dài worn by these honor guards?

Here is the Martial Arts Group playing the percussions for the march.
The Martial Arts Group is marching while holding multi-colored flags representing the ideals of Vietnam.

Look at these fellows already getting ready for Halloween.

Can you tell who is the Venturing Monkey (in forest color shirts)?Johnee, Linh, Thy, Vu, Alex & Dillion (left to right)

Zandra and David are so excited with a new temp job during Gio To Hung Vuong, Gong's carrier

Zandra, Tr. Huy, David and Andrew

Tr. Huy and Alex are ready for the long march, but Andrew is dozing off on the job.

Everyone is gathering around for the celebration to begin.


The ladies love men in uniform.
Mmmmm... We love Vietnamese food!

Anniversary of Hung Vuong, the founding father of Van Lang (Vietnam)

Our troop BSA 179 has Vietnamese name Lien Doan Bach Viet (100 Vietnamese children of Au-co and Lac-Long-Quan) will help to celebrate the anniversary of Hung Vuong this Sunday April 29, 2007 at Andrew Hill High School in San Jose, California. As members of a Boy Scout Troop that bears the name of our ancestor's root, we would like remind ourselves and share with others with a summary of this historical and legendary mark of Vietnam history.

Hùng Vuong was the first emperor of Văn Lang or Lac Viet (as Vietnam was known at the time). Legend tells of the dragon lord, Lac Long Quân and the mountain fairy, Âu Co who had 100 children, of whom Hùng Vuong was the eldest. The parents belonged to different environments, so they had to split up and take half of the sons to each homeland. Hùng Vuong went to live by the coast near the sea, the domain of dragons.

According to legend, he came to power in 2880 BC, ruling an area covering what is now Vietnam and part of China. He founded the Hong Bàng Dynasty, which ruled Vietnam until 258 BC. His dynasty existed in Vietnamese prehistory, but much of the lore from this time is now lost to the ages. His sons were always named after him and many stories include either him or another of his offspring. Stories tell of the heroics of eighteen different Hùng Vuongs (one explains the creation of the watermelon with the help of Hùng Vuong the tenth) but fail to account for the numerous unknown rulers of Vietnam during their two millennia of sovereignty.

The Hong Bàng Dynasty was overthrown by An Duong Vuong from the upland kingdom of Thuc, but his regime fell to the Chinese, thus beginning millennia of Chinese domination.
It is likely that the name Hùng Vuong is a combination of the two Vietnamese words Hùng, which means "brave" and Vuong, which means "king". The name Hùng Vuong might have been a title bestowed on a chieftain. The Hùng Vuong would have been the head chieftain of Văn Lang which at the time was composed of feudal communities of rice farmers (similar to the way the Holy Roman Emperor was elected to rule by fellow German princes.)

The public holiday in Vietnam to celebrate the Hung kings is on the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month which this year, 2007, is 26 April.

(Source wikipedia.com)